Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2017
Virtual Reality Reduces Phantom Pain in Paraplegics
In breakthrough research led by neuroscientist Olaf Blanke and his team at EPFL, Switzerland, the scientists show that phantom body pain can be reduced in paraplegics by creating a bodily illusion with the help...
Reports brain cells are made up of less polyunsaturated fatty acids than other major...
A discovery made by Junhwan Kim, PhD, assistant professor at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, is challenging science’s longstanding beliefs regarding the cellular makeup of the brain.
This breakthrough was outlined in a...
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere highest level in 800,000 years
Globally averaged concentrations of CO2 reached 403.3 parts per million in 2016, up from 400.00 ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Niño event. Concentrations of CO2 are now...
Malicious Chrome Extension Steals ‘All Posted Data’ without Login Credentials
The trend of spreading adware, banking Trojans and malicious malware through compromised or fake browser extensions seems to be increasing.
Lately, there have been quite a few incidents where malicious extensions were used to spread malware. Cybercriminals are not...
unCAPTCHA algorithm can Crack Google’s AI System reCAPTCHA
A new algorithm called unCAPTCHA has been developed by researchers from the University of Maryland.
It can defeat the reCAPTCHA system developed by Google to boost its AI security.
The reason behind the development of reCAPTCHA was to...
USB Stick with Heathrow Security and Queen’s Data Found on London Street
According to reports from the Sunday Mirror, a USB device was found lying on the street in West London having sensitive data belonging to Heathrow security.
An unnamed individual discovered the USB stick from Ilbert Street in Queens Park.
This USB had...
AI allows programmers to transplant code from one program into another
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new system that allows programmers to transplant code from one program into another.
The programmer can select the code from one program...
Robots and AI will soon be able to fix themselves
Robots and AI are replacing workers at an alarming rate, from simple manual tasks to making complex legal decisions and medical diagnoses. But the AI itself, and indeed most software, is still largely programmed by...
DNA techniques could transform facial recognition technology
When police in London recently trialled a new facial recognition system, they made a worrying and embarrassing mistake.
At the Notting Hill Carnival, the technology made roughly 35 false matches between known suspects and members of the...
New York’s power plants now protected, using Israel’s Iron Dome technology
Working with mPrest, the Israeli company that developed the Iron Dome missile defense technology, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will now be able to stop power outages before they start.
From navigation aids to...
Individual with complete spinal cord injury regains voluntary motor function
A study published today in Scientific Reports describes the recovery of motor function in a research participant who previously had received long-term activity-based training along with spinal cord epidural stimulation (scES).
In the article, senior author Susan...
Space silence
“Sharing the incomparable silent beauty of our planet with all our fellow travelers on this, our Spaceship Earth.” @SergeyISS @Astro_Paolo @Astrokomrade “Our thanks to Mr. Paul Simon and Disturbed.”
“Our thanks to all the people...
New technique produces tunable Nanostructures with unique properties
A collaborative group of researchers including Petr Kral, professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, describe a new technique for creating novel nanoporous materials with unique properties that can be used...
Ships Are Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Due To Maritime Platform Flaw
Previously it was reported that hackers can take over ships by exploiting critical vulnerabilities in VSAT communication system.
Now, security consulting firm IOActive’s researchers have discovered that there are several vulnerabilities present in the platforms used by...
Allen Institute Shares First Open Database of Live Human Brain Cells
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added the first data from human nerve cells to the Allen Cell Types Database: a publicly available tool for researchers to explore and understand the building blocks...
